Technology

Paysafe Group continues to diversify its business portfolio through M&A, having secured a definitive agreement to acquire German fintech firm viafintech. The acquisition will see the viafintech team, including viafintech’s managing directors Sebastian Seifert, Achim Bönsch and Andreas Veller, integrated as part of Paysafe’s expanding eCash and open banking solutions’ team, headed up by Paysafe eCash CEO Udo Müller.  Commenting …

Aspire Global remains confident in achieving all financial and operating objectives, after the Nasdaq Nordic igaming systems provider registered its sixth consecutive quarter of corporate growth.      Publishing its Q2 Interim Report (period ending 30 June), Aspire tracked year-to-date revenues of €104 million, up 34% on H1 2020 results of €77 million. Strong Q2 trading saw Aspire register peak performance revenues …

BETBY has expanded its player prop betting markets inventory by partnering with Digital Sports Tech (DST).  The agreement will see DST player prop feed integrated within BETBY’s platform solution, with new markets made available to BETBY’s sportsbook clients. DST is reported to offer the most comprehensive data feed which prices 850 unique player prop betting markets supplied per event across …

Stats Perform has announced that it has secured a partnership extension, retaining its position as the official data partner of Eredivisie football for a further three years.  All Eredivisie matches and competitions will continue to be exclusively tracked and monitored by Stats Perform’s Opta football data collection service.    The sportstech group’s data feeds and advanced Opta Analytics will track every …

Genius Sports has acquired Spirable in a move to bolster its data-driven video engagement capacities for all sports stakeholders. The NYSE sportstech group intends to leverage Spirable’s video platform and combine this system with its official sports data collection and distribution operations and client network to reduce costs for partners and enable ‘deeper engagement’ and ‘higher performance’. Mark Locke, CEO …

Sportnco has announced its entry into Greece’s regulated online gambling marketplace, having been tasked with migrating the sportsbook property of NetBet.gr.  The Toulouse-based sports betting systems provider has been selected by Pan-European operator NetBet to migrate its entire Greek sportsbook unit onto a new platform compliant with the Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC) technical commands. The Greek project sees NetBet expand …

Strive Gaming has launched its commercial profile, aiming to establish its business as the leading supplier of fully customised igaming platforms for the burgeoning North American market. The ambitious start-up has named former Kambi Group Chief Commercial Officer Max Meltzer as its enterprise CEO, leading its mandate to deliver North American incumbents with the most scale effective operating systems meeting …

Esports Technologies has joined the anti-corruption charter led by the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC), which aims to eliminate match-fixing and corruption from all levels of professional esports.  Las Vegas-based Esports Technologies is one of the fastest-growing suppliers of esports-customised wagering platforms, data API feeds and odds/risk management solutions. Last April, it became the first dedicated esports wagering systems provider to …

Entain has laid out a blueprint in a bid to achieve its goals of becoming “a world leader in sports betting, gaming, and interactive entertainment,” spearheaded by the acquisition of the technology platform, products and team of Unikrn. The purchase of the esports betting and entertainment media firm is expected to be finalised later in the year, and comes amid the appointment …